Saturday was a full day! We had a birthday party to go to for one of Nico's church friends, Lazarus. He was turning three years old. We went over to their house for a BBQ. Then in the afternoon we came home and woke Guy up and Guy took Nico to Roaring Springs, which is the major water park in the area. They met Lazarus and his family there. They stayed for 3 hours!! Nico apparently really loved the wave pool. Guy was so sore after getting home, from needing to carry Nico and keep him safe/holding him in the water. Guy zonked out for a solid 5 hour nap that night, and still went to bed at normal time in the morning.
Sunday was church. Nico successfully stayed in the big kids' room for the whole service! He had been staying with me in the big service off and on the past few weeks. Sunday night was the last night of Bible Study, but it wasn't really Bible Study, it was another BBQ! Guy has been counting calories but he gave himself a cheat day for this. Totally worth it, there were hamburgers and hot dogs and sausages and ice cream!! He didn't eat anything after this for the rest of his night, he was stuffed. We unfortunately didn't leave until close to 9 PM, and Nico wasn't in bed until 10 PM :( He had an early start the next morning for his first day of the literacy academy. He slept in until 7:30, a few minutes before I would have woken him. We had to leave at 8:05, so he ate his pancake and off we went.
I brought him to the Literacy Academy, met his teacher, he got a name tag and a connect-the-dots to start working on, and I left. He had a good first day but he has been a little resistant in going back there each morning. On Tuesday I got him excited about it because it was the first day we were going to ride the bike there. (We drove there on his first day)... Yay! You're supposed to bring them to the "playground" which is just a big field with some tether balls and a few basketball hoops. There are adults there to watch the kids. Nico was a little unsure and so held my hand. I prayed that someone would come and include him and 30 seconds later a little boy came up and asked him to play ball. He connected with one of the male teachers who was also playing ball and ever since then, that is who he goes to when I drop him off in the field. He had a hard time today and didn't want me to leave, and I ended up walking him to his classroom when it was time. His smart teacher said "let's take your backpack off, Nico," and took him, turned him away from me, smiled a mischievous smile and closed the door behind them. If I knew how to just walk away when Nico was clingy, it would be a lot easier. But something like concrete holds me in place when he says "don't leave please".
It is very unlike preschool, because I have little communication with the teacher, and no weekly typed updates about what they're working on, and no little notes from his speech therapist, etc...
They are talking about bugs this week, I know that, because Nico always tells me a story about bugs after getting in the car, and he comes home with a card every day with a picture of a bug on it. The first story he told me was about an ant and his travels through the classroom. The second day he told me that honey bees sting spiders and ladybugs and praying mantises and cars. ?
I pick him up in the car, not on the bike. Too hot in the afternoon for bike riding.
I am preparing this week for my booth at Parktacular. This event happens this coming Sunday, June 14th, from 1-7 PM at Settler's Park in Meridian. I am going to have a henna booth and will be applying henna tattoos to people that illustrate stories or verses from the Bible. My mom is going to be manning the booth while I do the tattoos. It should be pretty fun. Lots of stuff to prepare this week. I have a list of stuff to finish tonight, maybe I should get started.
My birthday is today! I told Nico this and he asked me if he could eat some of my cake. Hehe.. I didn't make a cake this year. He told me for his birthday he wants a chocolate cake in the shape of a star, with chocolate frosting and chocolate chips on top. Did I already mention that? He may change his mind before his birthday comes.
Speaking of Nico's birthday, we are having the party HERE, outside, on Saturday August 1st (Happy Anniversary to Jonny and Alanna that day!:)) at 5 PM most likely. There will be a covered porch with misters and a small kiddie pool and a canopy set up, to try to keep us cool.
I feel like I'm forgetting something,,,, hopefully not!
Pictures?
Putting legos together in bed because he couldn't sleep
Hot day, but he wore this vest all day, with the hood on. Here he is playing with water, using Bill Nye as inspiration.
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